Abdominal distension after gastric cancer resection surgery

In life, many people who have gastric cancer will be advised by doctors to undergo surgery, which is currently the best way to treat gastric cancer. However, many gastric cancer patients will find themselves with abdominal distension after surgery. How to deal with abdominal distension after gastric cancer resection? If you don't know how to deal with it, you can use the following methods to properly regulate it:

Dietary adjustments

After gastric cancer surgery, patients should choose easily digestible, low-sugar, high-protein, and moderate-fat foods, insist on eating small and frequent meals, eat more mild foods, and make a reasonable combination of foods to ensure balanced nutrition; avoid irritating, allergic, and hyperosmotic foods, as well as overly cold or overheated gas-producing foods, such as ice cream, sweet milk, soy milk, fried foods, and hot and sour foods; gastric cancer patients can eat liquid foods half an hour to an hour after eating dry foods. If necessary, they can lie down for 20-30 minutes after a meal to prevent or alleviate symptoms; eat small meals frequently to avoid excessive gastrointestinal accumulation and indigestion.

Take some medicine to nourish the spleen and stomach

In addition to paying attention to diet, if abdominal distension and diarrhea occur after gastric cancer surgery, you can also take some medicines to nourish the spleen and stomach to help restore the body's transportation and transformation functions and complete the normal process of food reception, transportation, absorption, and excretion.

Many people who have abdominal distension after getting gastric cancer can learn to follow the above methods to adjust, so that you will suffer less pain and the abdominal distension will disappear in a short time. However, in general, as long as gastric cancer patients choose a tertiary hospital for surgery, the chance of abdominal distension is very small, so don't worry too much.